Will this marriage last? (ii)
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**PART 2**
Jane ran out Samuel's present with tears on her face, and rushed to meet Ngozi her chief bride's maid. It won't make sense if people see her crying on her wedding day, so she held tears to herself, and cleaned her face, but as got to Ngozi, she observed she had cried.
Ngozi drew her closer to herself, and asked her " Jane, what has happened to you? Why would you cry on your weeding day? "
Jane responded;
" I have to cancel this marriage now before all our guests go, thank God the reception has not ended, i will go to the podium, collect the microphone and tell everybody I'm no longer interested in this marriage, i am no more doing".
When Ngozi heard this, she started begging her not to do so, "how will you cancel your marriage now, how will it sound to the public that you wedded today and called off the marriage today even while the guests are still around!"
Though you haven't told me what actually happened between you and your hubby, but Common! it won't make sense. See, every marriage has its own challenges, and ups and downs. All will be fine my friend.
Your marital journey just started, this little misunderstanding between you and your husband is what we can easily settle. **so wipe away your tears**, the MC is already calling for the couple's dance. Let's go to the podium so that you can dance with your husband, Ngozi said.
On getting to the podium, **Jane was unhappy and sad, but pretended like all has been fine**, and she started dancing with her husband who just slapped her. But you see Samuel the husband, he didn't even care or show any string of conscience, he danced like he never did anything wrong by slapping his wife.
It was at this point, Jane began to wonder the kind of marriage she was entering.
Many thoughts came to Jane's mind, she even thought of running away on the wedding night, but how will it be? This might bring her public disgrace, and might have her name all over the newspapers and social media that "Jane oh, she just married today and we can't find her again oh". So she changed her mind, and deleted such thought.
When the wedding ended, they drove to the Hotel, Jane took Ngozi along and booked her a room.
As they were in the hotel room, Jane first didn't say any word to Samuel her husband, she didn't even join him in the bed. Later on, she called him "Samuel, don't you know what you did was wrong by slapping me? Have you forgotten that I'm your wife and that we just wedded? Now, **apologise, and tell me you are sorry".**
Samuel then replied;
" I can say sorry on every other matters, but on this, i can't say sorry, because how would open your eyes and allow your ex to hug you chest to chest in my presence".
As he refused to say sorry, **Jane went to sleep on the 3 seaters sof**a. In the midnight around 12:30am, he came and join her there. His facial expression showed it that he wanted sex. As he was pulling off his trouser, Jane asked him, "what do you want to do?", He replied " to play love with you my wife now!! You want to make love with the woman you slapped and refused to say sorry to, that is not possible, Jane replied him.
He began to touch her romantically, but she threw away his hands from her body. When Samuel saw Jane wasn't ready to give him what he wanted, he attempted to rape her, as he was struggling with her, Jane began to shout at the top of her voice " ***Help! Help!! Help!!! Who is around, help me please!!!!!!"***
Her shout brought Ngozi and the Hotel Staff to the door step, but they couldn't enter because the door was locked.
From outside they were hearing as Samuel was giving blows to his wife Jane and saying it audibly; "you fool, you're denying me of my Marital right"
They forced the door open and rescue Jane from his hand. They could not understand, they were surprised ' a just wedded couple fighting like this on their wedding day?!, This serious, they said".
Ngozi took her to her room to secure her there, and went back to meet Samuel to plead with him, after some time she came back.
Jane is in serious trouble now, she never knew that was the kind of husband she married.
The marriage is just a day old, and her husband has beaten her twice. What will happen next?
**........To be continued.**
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Will this Marriage last?
Jane was in a courtship with Samuel, of which they agreed they would never allow anyone into their affairs when they get married in case they have Misunderstandings, in fact, "third party is highly prohibited"....they both said.
One of the causes of such decision was what Jane told Samuel about how her mother allowed a friend to have talks in her marriage, the friend that she trusted to be a good person but ended up destroying her marriage and snatched away her husband. Jane's mother became a single mother who raised Jane and her younger ones alone without the help of their father and his family. Jane's mother refused to remarry after her husband had left her, she had been single mother for 18 years.
No sensible lady would want to undergo what Jane's mom went through. This and other problems of third party in marriage made her plead with Samuel that they must not allow third party when they marry each other.
Samuel had always been a very handsome and attractive man, tall, gentle and intelligent, and he was doing well financially, he worked in one of the biggest oil companies in the country. In fact, he was a guy every lady would like to live with for the rest of her life. But one problem Samuel had was that he was the **very Jealous kind of guy**. Jane noticed it, but she counted it as a very small thing that did not need to be considered, seeing how caring and loving he was towards her. Jane said inside her;
"every man would do anything to protect her woman, even if he's jealous, it's a sign that he loves me".
Their first fight came up on their wedding day. You would say "wedding day?!!!!! Yes, it was. Normally, wedding day ought to be a great day of full joyousness and tremendous gladness, but for Jane and Samuel it turned a fighting day.
This was how it happened; everywhere was set, they had finished the church aspect of the wedding, the pastor had joined them together, blessed and prayed for them.
They moved to the Event Hall they rented for the reception, the MC (Master of ceremony) was making everything so interesting with the sweet words coming from his mouth, the guy was so humorous. The DJ (disk jockey) was also very good in his work, he played beautiful Wedding songs.
Their parents were glad everything was going colourfully, Guest were great in their numbers, friends from all walks of life were in attendance, **even Jane's ex- boyfriend was also in attendance.**
The name of Jane's ex boyfriend was Anthony, they could not get married as a result of the fact that they were both medically advised not to, so as to avoid complications, and not to put their unborn children into serious medical troubles.
Before that day, Samuel was well informed about Jane's past, even the reason why she couldn't marry her former lover "Anthony" and not that they quarrelled.
When it was time for the presentation of Gifts, Anthony stood up, and went to the front and presented his Gift to the couple, **and he gave Jane a hug**, and he went away.
Just immediately the presentation of the Gifts ended, Samuel called his wife to one corner outside the reception, and angrily asked her; " why did you let that your Ex- boyfriend hug you **chest to chest**?! You think i was not watching you both?! Tell me now before you see my red eyes! " Jane became muted for some seconds, as she could not really understand what Samuel meant because she never took the hug as anything, more so, many friends hugged her, but Samuel was just too concerned about the hug from Anthony.
Jane then asked him; "why are you feeling bad about Anthony's Hug?! Before she could know, Samuel gave her a hot Slap on her face. She was shocked her husband did that to her, because he never got angry at her ever since they met. She started crying and ran out his presence with tears.
...........To be continued.
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Depression is a silent killer. Ways out of it.
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Since two days now, there have been an unceasingly flight of an agonizing news all over the social media platforms about a reputable accountant who worked in one of the best telecommunication companies in Nigeria, but ended up killing herself by the ingestion of sniper.
The news made us understood that she was a victim of depression for a long time, she was 47 years old, no husband, no children, coupled with other challenges.
We were made known that before her demise, she was a professional with classical proficiency in accountancy, doing well in her job, and earning good amount of money. People proclaimed about her that she was a woman with good heart, loved and cared for other.
Having read the news, i tried to check the comments of people about the matter, frankly, some supported her decision while some condemned it. Hmm! I heard the voice of the heart of people through their comments as touching the deceased, i came to the conclusion that many people are passing through depression in this country oh, just like i used to be some time ago.
Depression is real, and it's a condition that affects the frame of mind, feelings and the disposition of the victim, thereby causing him/her to operate at the lowest functionality.
My experience about depression.
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There was a time i had the thought of committing suicide, i wanted to end my life as i became tired of life and everything in it, I felt there were no more reasons to live any longer. Frustrations filled me up like water fills the sea.
I could vividly remember 2020, that was two years ago, during Covid-19, when things were very tough, as a student, i invested my hard earned money and loaned money into agriculture, rented farmland, bought seeds, hired labourers, went through a lot of stresses, then planted seeds. But unfortunately, when my plants were getting ready to be harvested, Fulani herdsmen brought in their cows into my farm, and ate my plants. This really made me lost a whole lot of money, it made me went into debt, and caused depression in me. All through the night i would be thinking, I hardly sleep.
But i thank God for families, friends, and well wishers who stood my sides, and encouraged me, and helped me out with the loans.
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**How you would know if you're facing depression.**
When you feel sad persistently, and the feelings of emptiness fill your mind.
When you're no longer interested in the pleasurable things that you once enjoyed so much.
When you begin to have the thought of suicide or already engaging in it.
**Ways out of depression.**
Always do the opposite of what the depression's voice suggests to you.
In our part of the world, people are passing through a lot, from lack of employment or underemployment to perpetual pressure from home, many people have bills to pay but no money to pay the bills. There are loads of responsibilities on people's neck and there is bad economy whereby the prizes of commodities are getting skyrocketed day by day and their salaries remain as it was in the beginning. This may make depression to come in, but when it comes stand against it and never submit to it's voice. Never submit to anything it brings. Always encourage yourself that tomorrow will be better.
Do well to spend time with your loved ones. Don't isolate yourself from them.
Depression may want to make you separate yourself from family and friends, especially when you aren't doing well financially and in some areas, but time spent together with can help to sweep away the major and mini causer of the depression, as they would encourage you, advise you, and cheer you up.
If you can't constantly see them physically, you can call them via phone, have video calls with them.
**Do your best to help whoever is depressed.**
When you begin to observe that someone who used to be happy and joyous with a lot of cheerfulness but suddenly develop feelings of sadness or hopelessness, move closer to such person, don't leave him or her alone.
There are people outside there, in your location, and community who used to be very jovial and love to be around people before but now they're restricting themselves from the public, now privatizing their affairs than they should, they now have the feelings of worthlessness in them, feel sad and unworthy most days. Please move closer to them, ask them Questions, many are willing to speak out but nobody comes to them. Do not let them harm themselves before you take steps.
Conclusion.
No matter what you are passing through, no matter how complicated your situation is, please don't live in depression, and also don't exchange your life for it, there is a purpose why you're here on Earth, there is reason why you are still alive, make yourself happy, move closer to people that delight in your happiness.
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There is no gain in Laziness
Johnny was a lazy student in a higher Institution, he did not like reading his books. When the examination period was getting closer, one of his classmates complained of his nonchalant attitude towards his studies, he said to him; "**Johnny, you have not been coming to school, you have been missing a lot of lectures, even the mathematics revision we just had this morning you missed it, and you know exam starts in a week time, how will you cope? How will you pass the examination now?**
Johnny replied his classmate and said:
Mr Man, forget about that one you are talking about, every time you will be saying i should come to school, is it by coming to school? In fact, i don't need to go to school before i pass my examinations. See! As i am now it is on examination day i am going to come oh! I know my ways, i know how i will run my stuff, and pass my exam well.
His classmate didn't say anything again, he went straight to his own house.
Now the examination was to start tomorrow, Johnny started thinking what he would do so that he could pass his exam.
All through the night, instead of him to be reading his books, he was having series of Thoughts on how he would cheat in the exam, all the Thoughts he had seemed not to be very perfect as he wanted. So, early in the morning he quickly ran to the house of another classmate of his, who was living close to him, on getting there, he told him **"guy our exam starts by 10am this morning, and i have not read, so help me you know we are friends".**
His classmate smiled and said to him "Johnny you know you've not been coming to school at all, most of our classmates you don't even know them. As examination starts in 3 hours time, the only help i can render to you now is that i will give you the picture of the most intelligent student in our class, if you are sharp enough to sit beside her and copy her answers, then you will pass". Johnny said wow!! He danced!!!
Without wasting time he brought out his phone and switch on the Xender, send it now! He sent the picture into Johnny's phone, and Johnny was very happy.
He said to himself "now that i have gotten the picture of the most intelligent student in my class, let me just go home and have a short sleep, i will wake up 2 hours before the exam". He set his alarm and began to sleep. Unfortunately for Johnny his alarm didn't ring, it was 3 minutes to the exam he woke up. As he woke up, he quickly held his phone in his hand, picked his writing materials, and he ran out with speed to look for bike that will take him straight to the examination centre, luckily he saw a bike Man, but that one charged him costlier than he should, but Johnny had no choice, he took it like that.
Now, he has gotten to the examination centre, fortunately for him the exam has not started, he met the students on the queue, they have not all entered.
The invigilator just started ushering them into the exam Hall. Johnny quickly brought out his phone, opened the photo folder to see the picture of the most intelligent student that was sent to him. As he saw the picture, he began to move up and down, checking the faces of the students on the queue, he was looking for the girl, he checked and rechecked but couldn't find the face that resembled the girl, maybe because he was rushing. He said to him "where can this girl be oh?! Has she entered? Where can i see her now?".
Now he changed the mode of his checking, he started checking slowly, now he saw a face of a girl that looked like the one on his phone, without wasting time he ran and queue at her back. Went into the exam with her, sat by her side and whispered to her "please, i will copy your answer oh". The girl agreed and said: okay no problem. As the exam began, Johnny observed that the girl he wanted to copy could not answer any of the questions. Johnny became stranded as his plan failed, nothing he could do again, went to submit empty booklets like that.
It was after the exam he knew that was not the girl he was directed to.
That was how Johnny failed his exam and carried the course over, because he allowed laziness to take over him. Had it been he had shun laziness, and took his time to read his books, and prepare for the exam, he wouldn't have ended up in Failure. Sincerely there is no gain in laziness.
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A good Leader.
A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.
-Alan Sugar https://www.azquotes.com/author/14284-Alan_Sugar
Leadership, most times we tie it to only position and Titles, but that is not what leadership is, people can have a big positions and aren't good leaders. There are some people who called themselves leaders but those who work under them laugh at them behind, they can not trust them because they know they aren't people that could be trusted.
When they speak, those who are under them have no respect for their words because they know that when they say it's day they need to check outside whether it's dark or there is truly day light. Then they aren't really their leaders, they are the just men/women that for economical reason or whatever reason they submit to for their benefits. Not because they respect, they honour or that they will influence that which is important in their lives.
Leadership is not about title, it's about the character, the fruit of our interactions with others. The fruit of our ability to influence others positively.
From time past, we have heard people who held titles, occupied big positions but were inhumane in their doings. Were those kinds of people good leaders? Absolutely No. Does occupying big post qualify them to be a good leader? No.
Now, who is a good Leader?
A good leader is a person who wants growth, improvement, increase, progress for others, he or she propels others to be more active as to the fulfilling of their life dreams and visions. He/she has the interest of others at heart, and wants to see them doing better everyday.
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**A good leader has the fear of God.**
If you're a person who fears God, that means you will be a leader with the genuine heart, a leader that will build your community and not the the one that will destroy it, you will be a leader that will add value to people's life and not the one that will steal the public fund.
I read it sometimes back about a man, he was appointed as the leader of a group that worked against economy crimes and financial crimes in country, this man was later arrested for stealing the Money and properties they collected from criminals, multi millions of dollars where found in the account he opened in different countries. The case of this man is like the criminal committed crime, he caught them and he stole the money again.
Now tell me, can we call such person a good leader? No, we can never, because i don't think there is fear of God in him at all.
A good leader has the mind of serving Humanity.
No matter who you will become as a leader of any capacity, the first thing you will learn that will set you apart and make it impossible for anything to stop you from completing the assignment, will be that you will have mind of serving humanity. In the course of your service, let it always resound in your mind that you're there representing the interest of others, the growth and progress of others should matter to you. It mustn't just be able only you.
A good leader has Visions.
Visions is the mental view of how you want the future to be.
To be a good leader, it's one of the requirements you must have, it stays in your mind and be the guide in whatever you do. Vision will give you sense of purpose, it will also show you where you are headed.
Just imagine leader without vision; how would such be successful in his leadership? Just imagine a president of a country who does not even have plans for the country, tell me, how will such put the country in the progression mood. it will be very hard for such country to progress.
Visions strengthens the focus ability in you irrespective of the distractions that might come. Vision will you to focus on what is important and significant.
A good leader is a strategic thinker.
As a good leader, you must be able to think in the right way, you must be the person that will lead your followers the right way at all times and when they are at the junction of confusion. It will not sound well when they look up to you for answer at one point or the other, and you find it hard to give them the right answer or lead them aright.
A good leader has integrity.
In my 400 level in the university, there were these sets of executives we had in my department, i could give them excellent grades for their good leadership. I discovered they were people who had integrity. They really exercised uprightness and truthfulness in the things they did. I saw transparency in their administration. They were never like the previous administration that embezzled the departmental dues students paid. To be a good leader, make sure you have integrity, people will never forget you for it.
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Very competitive! Congratulations to the winners.
Hello friends! Happy Monday to you! Trust you're doing very fine?
I had wanted to share this here yesterday, but my internet connection was fluctuating, the more i tried to make it work fine, the more it failed, till i finally gave up on it.
One of the most competitive moments in the history of football was moment we experienced yesterday. Oh my goodness!! It was Intensely of competitiveness, and we really enjoyed it.
It was a day we had all expected, we earnestly anticipated for it, so that we could watch the final matches of the English Premier league. Finally, it arrived, and we bless the Almighty God for it. But you know something? I would have missed some parts of the matches. Why? This is the reason; I mistook the time, i thought they were to start 4:30pm, meanwhile the actual time for the starting was 4pm (Nigeria time), but thanks to my friend Akintunde who quickly brought it to my notice that i was incorrect as to the time of the matches. As i heard this, i quickly discontinued what i was doing that moment, and moved straight to the sport viewing centre.
The picture you are seeing below is the place where we watch football in my present place of residence.
It look small, right?🤣 Hmm! There was no choice, since it was the closest to me, bigger ones were too far.
Before the Matches stated, there were some statistics that ma
Here are they:
First if all, look at this table below very, there is something i want to bring out from it.
Manchester City was at top of league table with **90 point**, they had only one match left for the season, which they were to play with Aston Villa Fc, if they loss it, they might lose their first position and Trophy.
Liverpool was in the second position, with **89 points**, they also had one match to play, which they were to play with Wolves FC, if they win it, they would become the first position, and win the Trophy, if Manchester City loses theirs. You can see it's becoming big competition as they have just one point as the difference between them.
Aside who would win the Premier league trophy, Tottenham and Arsenal were also contending for the fourth position, (whoever finish fourth among them would play Uefa champions league next season).
Look at this table:
Tottenham had 68 points, while Arsenal had 66point, if Tottenham lose their next match, and Arsenal win theirs, then Arsenal would play the champions league, vise versa.
Now the match started, we could only watch "Liverpool FC vs wolves FC" and "Manchester City vs Aston Villa FC" simultaneously. So, we were all watching, not too long, at the 37th minute Aston Villa scored Man City, and the first half finished like that, as they came in for the second half, Aston Villa scored them again, making it 2:0. Many of us at the viewing centre were already thinking maybe it was over for the Man city, maybe they would lose the match, but fortunately for them they scored back at the 76th minutes, and 81st minutes, the game became 2:2.
Liverpool's side:
At the 84th minutes, Liverpool was already winning Wolves 2:1, the spectators at the Man City stadium heard Liverpool was winning, they feared they could lose the Trophy, but never gave up, they were cheering up their players to put more effort, because if the two matches ended like that, Liverpool would win the Trophy.
Before we would know, Man City scored again making it 3:2 against their opponent. OMG !!! Liverpool also scored theirs 3:1.
These are the scores of the two major competitors in the final matches.
For Liverpool:
For Manchester City:
Manchester City sustained the first position, and won the English Premier league for this season!
Congratulations to them.
The competition was also found in who would become the highest goal scorer for the season. Finally, **Mohammed Salah** of Liverpool, and **Heung-min Son** of Tottenham had **23 Goals each**. They won the golden boot with the same goals. Both of them were the highest Goals scorer.
It didn't end there oh! It was also a huge competition between the goalkeeper of Liverpool **(Alisson** and the goalkeeper of Manchester City **(Ederson)**, both of them had **20 clean sheets** each, and were given the golden gloves.
**Congratulations to the MANCHESTER CITY FC for winning this season's English Premier League.**
The 2021/2022 season of the English Premier league ended yesterday, "Sunday 22-05-2022", it was really a competitive season
I enjoyed watching the matches, but what pained me most was that my own team, the football club i use to support "**MANCHESTER UNITED" ended up disappointing me, and gave me heartbreak this season**. 😭 No champions league for us next season. It was really painful, but we move. Better days ahead!
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Living a Life of Passion and Purpose.
Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.
-Steve Pavlina https://www.azquotes.com/author/18706-Steve_Pavlina
Passion and purpose work together, as passion helps you in identifying your purposefulness in life.
Your passion is what drives you, it is that thing you will do and will never get tired of, even if you are doing it everyday.
Your purpose is the reason for your existence, that thing you're living for.
The way to find your passion is for you to look into the path that agrees well with you. When your Gifts, talents , abilities, and commitment agree together in a way that makes you happy, and with easy, you aren't getting wearied doing such thing again and again.
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Some people's passions are in singing of songs, and they are fulfilling purpose via it, they're blessing lives through that, whenever they sing, sad Souls receive joy, and many lives are blessed greatly. There were times in our lives that we felt bad and depressed, and we would just pick up our phones, play songs, before we know, all the depressions and sadness are gone. You see, those musicians are fulfilling there purposes in our lives, had it been they didn't do what they were passionate about, we wouldn't have gotten their songs to play.
Writers too are great, OMG.
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Personally, i have been blessed by many writers, the likes of William Shakespeare, Robert Kiyosaki, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Wole Soyinka etc, as i was reading their books, were they not fulfilling their purposes in my life? Yes they were, but if they hadn't followed their passions, how would they have written books, talk less of me seeing them to read? Absolutely no way. Now you can see vital passion and purpose fulfillment is.
Even you, a writer on this platform, you are blessing our lives, as we read your writeup, we were getting informed, educated, enlightened, and tremendously blessed. That's part of purpose fulfillment.
Passion is a personal thing.
We are all different, as our faces differ so our passions, what Mr A is passionate about may be different from what Mr B is passionate about. Even twins have different passions. So, you shouldn't force your passion on another person. Let's take this example, I'm a football, that's my area of passion, that's what i love doing, i can sacrifice a lot to get ball played, i should not force you whose passion isn't in footballing to come and play ball. If i do that I'm doing the wrong it.
Applicable to academics too, we shouldn't force others to study the course we study, their passion might not be there.
I will like to tell you this story:
There was a boy, at the early stage of his life, his parents were trying to look into the future for him, they were Medical Doctors, so they wanted him to become a medical Doctor like them. On getting to high school, they compelled him to go to the science class, so as to fulfill their demand. The truth of the matter is that this boy's passion was not in science, but because he had no choice than to obey his parents, he went along with their plan. But guess what! On getting to the senior high school he began to struggle with mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology, despite the struggles, he was still forcing himself to read harder than before so as to see if all will later work well for him, but the more he read, the more he failed.
It wasn't that he boy had a dull brain or was an unintelligent person, the truth was that his passion was not there, what he was passionate about was not science, but art.
As he kept failing, his parents got angry and withdrew him from the school, they laid the blame on the school. They took him to another school, they still made him to continue in the science class, yet he kept failing.
The school teachers had to complain to his parents, this time, they agreed to allow him go to the class where his passion was, which was an art class. There in the art class, everything became easy for him, he was not failing anymore. He found the class interesting, and he would always participate in all the debate within the school, and also get himself involved in press club of the school, not too long he began to represent the school in interschool debate competition, and he won it, and he came out in flying colours.
In the second year, he represented the state at the national interschool debate competition, to everyone surprise, he won others students hands down. Even the Moderators were so much surprised by the eloquence of his speech, his boldness, and how he was easily expressing himself. It was at this point his parents were finally convinced that their child's passion was not in being a science student but in being an art student as well as public speaking.
The boy has grown up to be one of the most influential public speaker in my country.
It's always good you identify that makes you fulfilled and happy, put all your best abilities and effort into it, pursue it.
What is that thing you you can do better than others? What do people see you being enthusiastic about?
Live for that particular thing that you feel a sense of urgency about fulfilling, that thing you can give up everything else for, just to feel good doing it. That's your passion my friend, and it worth living for because your passion will lead to your purpose.
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We should apologise when we are at fault.
As Humans, at one point or the other we offend one another, we step on another person's toes. When we notice that we've done something wrong, what is expected of us? Apology, right?! Yes, that's. But some people finds it difficult to do so. They feel disinclined to apologise even after knowing fully that they're the ones at fault. There was something i experienced that's making me to write this. Here is it:
Yesterday afternoon, around 2pm, i was in my room, suddenly, i heard some shouts and arguments outside our house, it was as if people had gathered and they wanted to fight. I said to myself "What could have propelled all these noises". I came out and went there. On getting there, i asked what led to the argument, and i was told a **car driver** hit a **bike rider** from the back. People asked the driver to apologise to the rider, but he refused. He said he would not apologise, despite knowing he (driver) was the one at fault. When people were getting vexed and wanted to start beating him as a result of his refusal to apologise to the bike rider, then he agreed to apologise, but i knew he didn't say the apology sincerely, he only said it so that people will not beat him up.
We shouldn't be like the **driver** i mentioned up here, who said the apology just to be freed, but wasn't sincere about it.
We shouldn't be a people who would tell somebody "*I'm sorry for how i have hurt you, i didn't mean to treat you that way*", but in the real sense, the apologiser isn't genuine about it, was only saying it for saying sack". **We should let our apologies be real and from our heart** .
If you're apologising, mention your exact wrong/offence to the person.
It doesn't look nice to just tell the person "I'm sorry". Looking at it, it does not show any real action from you, it does not seem you mean it. It's good you mention the offence, for example: "***I'm sorry for how i hit you bike from the back, and nearly injured you, please forgive me".*** If it's in marriage, for example: "**my partner, for how i have been shouting on you, and have not been treating you the best way all these while, please forgive me, i am sorry".**
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We need to be very specify the actions and the reason for your apology.
More so, when you know you're the one at fault, don't take such fault of yours as someone else own.
Show feelings about how you've offended him/her.
Sometimes, you say something to another person, you might not be hurt by such, but it might have hurt somebody. Instead of arguing, accept the person's feelings about such, see things the way he or she sees it, and apologise the right way.
The offended person should let the offence go, and don't keep it.
If an apologiser has apologised to you the right way, genuinely and sincerely, you should accept such from his/her, and let everything go of all the offences.
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Life is full of Challenges, despite being hardworking. (Part 2)
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**John** carried the bag containing the money, held it tight to his hand, and stood. His standing couldn't help his thinking faculty, as his head was full with different thoughts, so he had to roll his eyes around maybe there would be a place void of people where he could seat comfortably to check the money very well.
Fortunately for John, a Tree whose leafs spread like the canopy was not far from him, he went there, and sat on one of the outshoot roots of them Tree. There he was, thinking if the money could be original or fake. To be sure, he had to reopen the bag again, but this time it was gently and stylishly he was opening the bag.
He dipped his right hand into it, and drew out a piece of the money to test if it was original or fake. ( He had the ability of testing the authenticity of bank notes). As he was doing this, he was also checking around to be assured that no one was hiding somewhere watching him.
As he tested the texture, and found out they weren't fake, an expression of Joy filled his face. Gladly said he had found what would change his life.
In this mood he was, when an inner voice thundered in his mind: **are you the owner of this money?**
In John's conscience, the answer was "**NO**".
Another inner voice came, and encourage him to continue to rejoice and told him never to think of returning the money to the owner, this was how it came :
"John, never think of returning it to the owner oh, please remember how you have suffered in life. You know that you don't have a job at the moment, and also you have Bills to pay. Your house Bill is there to pay your landlord, if you make this money yours, you will be able to settle every money you owe, and also set up business for yourself. But if you return this money you might remain poor for the rest of your life.
On receiving this, John seemed to be agreeing with the this inner voice that just spoke. Not too long. The first inner voice came again, speaking:
John, remember you're a person of God, remember the covenant you made with God that you would always be righteous, and will never convert what is not your own to yours, no matter what the situation is.
This time, John became confused, he didn't know which to obey, if he obey the first inner voice, he would pay off all his bills and have funds to set up a business for himself. And if he obey the second inner voice he would have a conscience void of offence before God.
So, these he was thinking on, when he began to hear the sounds of someone walking towards his direction. John quickly zip up the bag, picked it up, and moved away from the environment, he went home straight.
On getting home, he didn't tell his wife anything about it. His wife was even asking him to gist her about how his outing was, but in all the gists, he never mentioned anything about the money he found.
Though he was smiling physically, but inside him, he remained perplexed about the cash he had in his custody!
This continued the whole day, night came, another day showed up, finally he decided to return the money to the owner.
In the bag, there was a small card which contained some phone numbers, he called one of the numbers, the person that picked was a man, John began to ask some smart and intelligent questions to be sure if the person truly lost his bag, fortuitously, every question asked encountered the correct answers from the man. This made John well assured that the money wouldn't go to the wrong hand, same day, they made arrangement on how to meet.
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John return the money to the owner, fortunately, the owner was the founder and CEO of a very great multinational company. He was very happy and said to John:
Due to what you've done, due to how you returned this money, i will help you become a great person in life.
He CEO whose money was returned employed John, but didn't want him to remain an employee, he wanted to help him further, after a few years, having seen John's hardworking and trustworthiness, and having asked John about his Life dream and aspiration, he decided to helped John achieve his life dream of becoming a owner of industries. Now John has 20 branches of his industries in different states of the country, at such young age. The man was also planning to help John spread the tentacles of his industries beyond the boundaries of the country. He was funding him, at the same time mentoring him.
Now John is in real wealth as a result of the money he returned. His first boss who sacked him saw him and was surprised about his rapid climb into success.
The End.
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Life is full of challenges, despite being hardworking.
**John** was a very hardworking young man who loved his job so much and was doing everything to be more productive everyday. He got to his place workplace at his usually time, and began his job just like every other working days, as he was performing his task for the day, a call came in, and it was his boss calling.
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He picked it up, "hello sir". His boss spoke: meet me in my office now. "Okay sir" he replied. Without wasting time, as he dropped the call, he went straight to his boss office. On getting there, he greeted, good morning sir. Boss replied.. "good morning John". Then they began to converse, at the course of the conversation.
**Boss** : you see, John, it's no longer a news that you are a very hardworking person, and of a truth, you've been doing a great job in this company, we have been seeing every effort you've been putting into your work, and we really love it.
**John replied**: thank you sir.
After appreciating him for all he had done, he spoke further.
**Boss speaking**: you know right now the company is facing some tedious financial challenges.
**John replied**: yes boss i knew this, and that was why i increased my work time, and put supernumerary efforts so that in my own way i can help the company to stand.
At this time, his boss went straight to the point, and told him that: due to the present poor financial state of the company, his service won't be needed anymore in the company, John was sacked! A very hardworking staff sacked?!!! John flabbergasted. Then he began to plead " sir please don't sack me, there are lots of bills i have to pay, to survive will be very hard for me! Please and Please!!!", His boss wanted to help him, but seemed the matter was greater than his power, the order was from above. So, he had no choice than to go pack his things and leave.
The rest staff were shocked by the news. Who knows maybe their own sack letter would be given to them in some minutes time! Hmm! They felt for John, and prayed he would get better Job.
As John stepped outside the company's Gate, he turned back, looked at the company, tears fell from his eyes, he shook his head, "oh despite all my efforts here, i was still send away", he shook his head again. Hmm! Then he took taxi and left.
On getting home he explained the whole matter to his wife, but his wife was the kind of person that loved money a lot, and if money is not that available, she would begin to complain. Well, this time around she pitied him, but told him: "quickly get another Job oh because i can't withstand hunger, malnourishment and starvation! Do something!!!". From that same day, John began searching for another Job, but the more he tried, non was coming forth.
Days rolled into weeks, weeks rolled into 2 months, John was still without Job, his wife was troubling him and was even thinking of filling a Divorce, hmm! John begged her that things would be better.
His landlord too was not giving him rest, he was asking for his house Bills, because it has expired and it needed to be renewed. John didn't even have money to pay house Bills, he was facing one of the hardest times of his life.
In the Saturday of the week, he was going somewhere. Just by road side where he stood waiting for a taxi, he saw a bag, he verbalized silently to himself: "who could own this bag". He picked it up, unzip it, to his surprise, there were THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS inside the bag. John's eyes zoomed in and out, looked at the money very well.
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Will John carry the money and use part to settle his Bills, and set up business for himself since he couldn't get Job?
Will he trace the owner and return the money?
Will he take the money to the Police Station?
**To be continued.......**
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Your Safety should come first in all you do.
*I define* ***Safety*** *as the act of being safe and well preserved from dangers, injuries, and detrimental occurrences.*
As at the time of writing this article, I'm somehow unhappy due to how i have been seeing and hearing about people not taking their safety as important as other things. They forgot that one's safety must be the first thing he or she must consider before taking any action or step.
I will like to tell you two of my experiences whereby some people took their safety with levity hand, and ended up facing the consequences.
**First experience:**
There was this factory worker that nearly lost his life last week Monday at his place of work, reason been that he didn't consider his safety first before taken action. This was how the incidence happened.... The factory was a mini one, it wasn't an advanced one, they don't have automatic machines that could help them protect their production process perhaps electricity trip off, ...less i forget, what they do there was the manufacturing of polyurethane foams (mattresses)... So, as the electricity tripped off, this worker, because of he didn't want what they were producing to be faulty, so that the factory would not run at lost, he ran straight to where he would switch on the electricity back, but on getting there i forgot to take the necessary precautions before switch it on, unfortunately he got electrocuted, if not that people quickly came over to rescue him, he would have lost his life.
**Lesson**:
No matter the zeal and passion you have for your work, no matter how huge the wages/salaries you are collecting is, never carry out actions at the expense of your own safety. Your safety should be number one, consider it before any other thing. Prevention is better than cure, Its always best to be safe rather be receiving sorry responses from people. Generally, in everything you do, please ensure your life and body are in safe positions against accidents.
**Another Experience:**
Having seen how some drivers and bike riders over speed in my present place of residence, my mind became saddened, because i did not want any injurious thing to happen to them, i even wished i could be given an opportunity by the government to have a public talk with this people, to give them orientation about their safety, because if they continue to over speed, sooner or later , they might get involved in accidents that might take their lives, just like the one i have seen with my eyes before, where the car driver over sped and went to collide with a moving lorry, the most painful thing was that he had his wife and all his children in the car that day, some of lost their live instantly, before the rest could be rushed to the hospital, they lost their lives too, due to the excessive bleeding from their veins and large cuts on their heads and other parts of their bodies. You see how the recklessness of the driver made the rest to lose their live!
So, my dear reader, ensure that you don't over speed oh! Consider your safety first, you might have the thought of been in a hurry, but never let the hurry make you drive or ride beyond the normal speed. For every journey there is always a destination, and no one can run farther than his destination. Please safety is important.
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Start it, finish it. (Don't quit).
If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by.
_Marshall Faulk https://www.azquotes.com/author/30618-Marshall_Faulk
Life is of these three stages: the start, the middle, and the End. In everything we do, these three are applicable.
Each and everyone of us feel excited at the commencement of something tangible and beneficial, we take responsibilities, joy fills our hearts as we are starting. Our zeal is so much that whoever sees us would believe we would continue with such enthusiasm and passion
But when we get to a point (the middle stage) we begin to encounter some confrontations, obstacles, barriers, difficulties, obstructions, and stumbling blocks . Should these make us give up? No! Instead of giving up, we must give it what it takes! Instead of making excuses at these points that "*oh it's looking too hard*", we must bring out our best energy to push it through to the end.
You cannot be productive and create value until you finish the task. My experience to buttress my point. **As a son of a farmer, i have discovered over the years that we are not successful in his farming activities until the harvest stage. In the middle stage we use to experience much farming challenges, but if we give up and don't work more to get our plants more protected and nurtured, we will have no farm Products to harvest and sell the end when other people are harvesting and selling theirs.**
The benefit of what you've started lies in you finishing it. Most of the successful individuals we heard of, or see in our today's world aren't the ones with best ideas in the world, but they are the ones that did the best job by taking an idea, work on it, and finish it, despite challenges.
When i was in the high school, my physics teacher told me the story of the man who invented Lightbulb, that he tried 1000 unsuccessful times, until he successfully made the bulb. I quit believe that he was so happy that the start of the invention, but on getting to the middle he would feel somehow, the thought of quitting it might come to his mind, but instead of obeying such thought, he stayed resilient and tenaciously doing the experiment, and at the end he achieved his goal. We need to learn from this man and never to quit whatsoever we start even though it becomes hard at the middle.
Anything you start, no matter how tedious that thing latter turn, if truly it worth starting, be determined to see it through to the end. Make sure you finish it.
There was a time we were to resume back to the university after the Assu strike and covid-19 long lockdown that wasted our time for more than a year, on receiving the news, we became so wearied in mind, because most of us were already doing things through which we were making money, we've diverted our minds to another direction. some of my course mate even said the zeal to continue the first degree had died in them. But the truth was that it worth starting, no matter the the longevity of the break, we needed to finish it also.
In life, in between the starting point and the ending point of anything you do, you must make sure you are so bold and well determined to surmount all circumstances and situations you might encounter.
**There are benefits in finishing what you start:**
It will help you have confidence and assurance in yourself that you can achieve anything in life.
You will gain respect and trust from people. They will always see you a strong-minded person, who would never give up.
God has put an overcoming power in you, so, you must not run away from challenges and difficulties, you need to stay and subjugate them all. If what you are doing at the moment really worth starting, make sure you also finish it.
Never quit!!!!
Never stop!!!!
Keep going!!!!
Make sure you achieve it!!!
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Interesting Questions, Fun Time.
Today i was just too tired, i felt exhausted and due to some hectic works i was involved in today, there was an article i was writing, i couldn't even complete it due to the degree of the my enervation. So that today won't go without me posting here i decided to write these questions and answers' article so that you can know me more, and also for fun. Here is it:
When was the last time I laughed so hard?
The last time i laughed so hard was last Friday's evening, as i watched some comedy videos of some very funny comedians in my country via my phone, it was so hilarious, part of the people whose comedy videos were watched by me were **APKORORO**, **I GO DIE**, **AY** **MAKUN**. i completed it with other amusing ones by **EMMANUELLA** and **MARK ANGEL**. The moment was just so funny, and fascinating. I laughed so much oh!🤣
Do I like who I am right now?
Yes, i like who i am now at the moment, though i have not gotten to where I'm going, but i know i have left where i used to be, I'm working towards achieving my goals, and i so much like as I'm enthusiastic about them. These moment of my life is a beautiful one, though things might not be going perfect the way i expect, but i still like it, and appreciate God for that, He even admonished us to appreciate Him in all things, in the stages of our lives, and for who we are. So, I like who i am now.
How will i treat people if i become rich?
I will treat people the right way to make them happy, the joy and happiness of others is mine at this moment as well as the future when I'm finally rich, with humility and generosity I'm going to bring more people closer to myself. At this age of mine, i don't have money oh, but I'm trying to always give to the needy as my capability carries, to support others and uplift others. It's part of my cardinal prayers that God should please bless me so that i can bless humanity, i wish to assist others. When i see somebody suffering and i don't have the capability to help, it use to pain me. By the Grace of the almighty God if i become rich, i will help and stay humble.
Can i marry from another race?
Yes, i can marry from any part of the world, irrespective of the race, complexion, and language. I'm the type that is completely against racism. Everyday, my say and action is :No to racism! So, i see everybody as myself, no one is lesser, and i can marry from anywhere, my preference is that the lady must believe in God, purposeful and full of visions, responsible and hardworking, intelligent and educated, humble and submissive.
What will i regret not doing?
**First**, not accomplishing my life purpose and goals before leaving this physical realm is going to be a very regrettable thing to me! I'm the type that like writing down my visions and giving deadlines to them. If i don't achieve them before death comes, it's going to pain me.
**Secondly**, I want to marry, and be a very caring husband of somebody's daughter, a helpmate of a good-natured lady, and a very responsible father of obedient children. If don't do these before death comes, it's going to be so painful and it will be regrettable.
**Thirdly**, I want to take care of my parents, they've really laboured so much for me, they're not rich oh, in fact they don't have money, but they tried their best for me and my siblings. There were debts they sometimes owed just because they wanted us to go to school. I really want to take care of them, if death comes with me accomplishing these satisfactorily, it's going to pain me.
Can i take advice from people?
It's a two ways thing, if the adviser has good intention towards me, and his/her advice is good and advantageous, i will take it. But if i discern the advice is to cause my demotion and backwardness, I'm not going to take such. You know now, some people can camouflage to be a good adviser, meanwhile in the real sense, they're working stylishly to bring you down via their advice, and counsel. If i observe such, i will never take such.
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Self investment is the best investment.
The best investment you can make is in yourself.
_Warren Buffett. https://www.azquotes.com/author/2136-Warren_Buffett
Everything in this life has a starting point, success isn't excepted, it has where it begins. You could have looked else where for the commence of success, but the truth of the matter is that it could only begin in you, and not anywhere else. It starts by you investing in yourself first. A wise man once said if you're successful within, you will certainly be successful outwardly and externally, and that's where investing in yourself comes in. If someone do not invest in his/herself first, nobody will do that for him/her. Self investment is highly vital to the extent that it's the pivot upon which your life's success depends.
**Invest in Knowledge, gain Knowledge.**
I have always heard that "knowledge is power", and of a truth, it is. If you have a knowledge of a particular thing, you've certainly obtained the power thereof. No wonder some very smart and great individuals went to obtain it first, they spent their time to learn and acquire knowledge, their funds were also used to gain it. I read it somewhere that some spent at least 20 Percent ( 5 hours, 20minutes) of their day on learning about things, despite their busyness. That's one of the core things that contributed to their greatness. Knowledge is full of value, and the way our today's world is, technology is taking over, everything is becoming digitalized, even our finances, so, it's necessary you invest your time and other resources into learning new and valuable things as touching Tech and IT so that you can gain knowledge in this area too, in order for you not to be left out. More so, you see this ongoing technical advancement, it's has a lot of benefits, it's even making learning easy, you could be in the comfort of your room and leverage on the internet to learn anything you wish. By doing these, you're investing in yourself.
****We can also gain Knowledge by watching educative videos from the internet.****
The internet is a space made available for our benefits and advantages.
There was a time, in my 200 level in the university, a sewing machine was given to my mum as a gift by someone in my hometown, so she asked if i wanted it, i said yes, and she gave it to me. I saw that as an opportunity to begin learning tailoring, but due to my academic activities, there wasn't time and funds to enrol in a tailoring school, so i went online, the YouTube previously, and downloaded videos of on how to cut and sew various parts of man's wears. Today i sew my clothes by myself, i sew for others too, just through the online videos I watched i learnt our to sew.
More so, i have seen people who became proficient in web development and software engineering as a result of the first step they took by learning programming languages online through videos.
**Invest in your Mind.**
Your mind is one of the greatest asset of your life, you need to invest in it, nurture it so that you can have many more things to offer at this present time as well as in the future to come. Every available opportunity you have to learn new things, never overlook it, utilize it hugely. Learning will help you to expand your mind and make it very active. You can also engage yourself in playing of Word Games, such as Scrabble, involving oneself in some mathematical task will also be very helpful.
**Invest in your Talent, develop it.**
Another way to invest in yourself is by developing your Talents. There is nobody in this world without a Talent, but the reason why some people look like who do not have talent is because they refused to develop it. Tell me, Talent isn't worked on, amplified and widened, how would such manifest elaborately? It isn't a magic, it won't.
If you're talented in writing, don't just let operate at the ordinary level, you can develop and advance it so much that you would be heard and known globally for it. I've heard of people who became international figures as a result of their writing abilities, they've published several books through which millions of lives were blessed and are still blessed universally.
If you discover you're talented in singing, you could develop it more by moving close to people who could help you advance it more, you could also learn how to play musical instruments, it's going to enhance your musical talent.
Do you have the Talent of playing football? Make a move to make it more developed, invest your time and money into it, it could even require you to leave your local environment to football are more valuable, your family might probably not be there, you just have to take the sacrifice, that's part of you investing in your talent, and that's self investment. Sooner or later, it's going to bring you fortunes to you.
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Experience in a Foreign Land.
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Due to the incessant Strikes by the academic staff in my country's public universities, our varsity education became so elongated and unfinished, for this reason, i and my friend had to travel to a foreign land for greener pastures and for Business. In the shop we rented, we used generator most times for the running of our business, else we will run at lost due the failure of the electricity distribution company to provide us steady electricity. There, we used to help people to charge their phones and other gadgets for free, we weren't collecting money from anybody, reason been that, the electricity in that area is infrequently available, and we pitied people living around, we didn't want a situation whereby we would on generator and they wouldn't be able to charge. This we continue doing just for free.
One day, there was this nuisance guy, an indigenous person of the land, who used to come to our shop to charge his phone for free, so, that day he abused us, he rained a lot of insult on us, and went away.
Early in the morning the next day, immediately our shop was opened, he was back again to charge his phone, due to what he did yesterday, how he insulted us, we conjointly made the decision that we would not allow him in to charge so that he can learn his lesson that in life good character and well conduct is highly essential. As we neither allowed him in nor collected his phone to charge, he began to behave nonsensically, he increased the gear of his abrupt words, rushing them on us like the rain falls on the roof. As he was saying them, we were never vexed, crossed nor upset. When he saw we weren't moved by what he was saying, **he moved forward to switch off our generator**, it was as if that guy wanted us to lose a whole lots of money that morning, when he offed it, we on it back, and warned him not to off it again. Yet he wasn't moved by our warnings, **he said we were on their land that there was nothing we could do to him**, that he will off it again and nothing will happen. He went to switch it off again, we On it back. For the third time he switched it off again. My friend was already getting infuriated, i was calming him down. Now for the final time, he switched it off, that was how we held him, we were trying to contact the police so that they could come and pick him up for ruining our business time, and making the environment uncomfortable for us.
Before we could contact the police, his gangs, who were the same indigenes of the land, came over to us, holding rods in their hands, they were telling us that we were on their land that they can do whatsoever they like to us, before we could know what was happening, they started fighting us with rods, they even broke my friend's head, bloods were gushing out.
As i saw he was losing much blood, i quickly rushed him to the nearest hospital, there he was treated, the wounds were dressed, and the tears on his head were stitched.
Without wasting time, we moved straight to the police station to report how the indigenes of the land oppressed, injured and badly treated us, so, after the report, they saw what those guys did was entirely bad, so they began to arrest them, they arrested some, while others ran away. The District Police Officer (DPO) ordered them to be detained in the cell, there they were for two days, when their parents finally arrived, they started begging us that we should please allow their children to be granted bail, they said they would pay back the hospital bills. But before that time, we had informed our lawyer about the occurrence, he was already coming to the police station and he was preparing to sue them to the court of law.
**Now that their parents are begging us, should we just let the matter end there, or we still take them to court so that they can learn their lessons very well, so that in the future they won't do such to another person?**
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Hello my friends. I'm sorry i haven't been consistent here these days due to some factors ineluctable. I will be back strong. Thanks for your understanding.
Never give up on your dreams.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
_Thomas A. Edison https://www.azquotes.com/author/4358-Thomas_A_Edison
Sometimes, we feel like giving up on our dreams, we feel like quitting the pursuit of our ambitions and aspirations due to the challenges we are facing, but the truth is that we mustn't allow challenges stop us from fulfilling them. I have seen people with great dreams, i heard about people who wanted to become international figures, but gave up even before starting the pursuits, meanwhile if they had tried to start and never think of giving up, they would have known that there were numerous infallible potentials in them which they would have utilized for the actualization of their dreams, visions, and ideas.
One of my friends called me sometimes back, and told me he wanted to quit the pursuit of his dream of becoming a medical Doctor. He said he had been putting efforts but all proved abortive. He had always passed the entrance examinations excellent but was never admitted to study his desired course, maybe because of the high population seeking admission into the course here in my country. He said to me:
Oh i can't pursue this anymore, it's now clear to me that i can't accomplish this aspiration of becoming a medical Doctor, i had put my efforts, but no result was coming forth. It seems it's too big for me, maybe it's only for the Giants, I'm going to stop."
I paid full attention to all he had to say, and after he had spoken, i replied him:
"my friend, did i just hear you saying you can't achieve your dreams of becoming a medical Doctor? Common! Stop thinking like that. You're a giant, and no dream is too big for you to achieve! Forget the fact that you haven't been admitted despite scoring very high scores in the entrance examinations. My friend, i had known you from our childhood, you are an embodiment of magnificent capacities, i believe you can achieve this, put more effort and don't quit. If you could think it, you can achieve it.
I motivated him and told him never to give up, my words geared him up to prepare harder, fortunately, the following year he was admitted to study his desired course, "Medicine and Surgery", he is almost at the final stage in the university now, very soon he will achieve his dream. Had it been he had quitted at the start, he wouldn't have gotten the admission talk less of preparing to become a medical Doctor.
Also applicable to us all, we might have tried, put a lots of efforts and all look futile and unsuccessful. Should we give up because of that? No!!!!!
I'm not disputing the fact that sometimes we could feel tired and wearied, but instead of quitting or giving up, you could just rest a little, then stand up with much strength in us, be on our toes, pursue our visions. We might be very close to our breakthroughs, but if we quit, then we are the ones at lost.
The toughest moments of our lives could proceed into another moment of ease that would bring us the outstanding results we have been expecting. **When i was coming up, my parents used to tell me that in Life i would experience some tough times, they used to tell me that i should always be strong and preserve through those times, because tough situations bring up strong people .**
Show me a man/woman who is successful in our today's world, and i will tell you he/she had passed through some difficult times, challenges and displeasing situations, **but never gave up**. I will like to tell you the story of this man who is now successful, he was invited by a television station in my country, to speak to everyone so that we could learn from his wealth of experience.
He told us had always had the dreams of becoming an industrialist right from age 9, but lost his father and mother at age 13, that is quite a very young age you know. No much support from the family, he was very determined to fulfill his dream, began petty business after high school, he enlarge that business, though it wasn't easy for him. But today he has manufacturing industries in one the most populated State in my country. Did he not achieve his dream? Yes, he did achieved it! But had it been he gave up, he wouldn't have been an achiever of his dreams.
So, do you have a vision? Do you have a dream? Start it now, though you might fail at first, but never fear failure, what you should fear is not trying to start it at all. You can achieve your dreams.
I will like to conclude with this statement: make sure you aspire to acquire those Desires you admire everyday, and never give up on fulfilling them.
Thanks for reading. 💖💖💖
Reunion through WhatsApp.
It is a weekend, i am so much happy for how it's going at my side here. How is it at your side my friends? Trust everything goes fine and smooth?
Experiences with friends, colleagues, associates and mates are always interesting and amusing, especially the ones we had at the early stages of our lives when we were less busy with the matter of Life. Those times that we would run around with our mates, play together, and do a lot . Those moments that we would sit together, crack jokes, and tell fascinating stories, this is how we used to do ours then, it was by rotation, most times i start the jokes, then move to the next person. We would laugh, we used to fight too, but before a few time we are settled and our togetherness continued, no wonder the Bible says let he or she that wants to make it to Heaven be like the small children, because no matter how the fight between them is, after a few seconds or minutes they are back to each other playing together. Hmm! All these things were just coming to my head as i was reminiscing the moments i had then in my elementary school.
Few months ago, a whatsApp group was created by one of my Elementary school classmates, it's purpose was for reunion, i was added and look! i saw people i have missed a lot. It's getting close to sixteen (16) years we graduated from the Seat of Wisdom Catholic nursery and primary school Akoko, Nigeria. Ever since we graduated we haven't had the chance of organizing a physical meeting whereby all of us could gather physically either on the school campus, or the off campus. We are looking forward to meeting very soon. Our plan is to meet by December this year.
**My mates that were very close to me.**
I will like to tell you some of the nice people i had privilege to meet back then in my elementary school, and were very close to me. **One of them is Ola**. This is his picture bellow, you can see how handsome he his, he is an elegant African Man.
Those day when we were still in the elementary school, Ola happened to be my sitting partner in class, a gist partner too, but we could only gist at our leisure time. When our teachers were teaching us we paid full attention, and wouldn't talk unless there are questions to ask. On of the many things i like about Ola was that if he doesn't understand a topic taught my the teacher, he would not stop asking questions until he understands it. Even when others call him "Mr Questionnaire" he wouldn't answer them coarsely, but in a polite manner he would say to them:
we all paid school fees for this, and that's why we are here. Don't make jest of me, and don't call me names. It's our responsibilities to ask questions that we don't understand so that our teacher can make us understand them.
He's doing great today.
Ola celebrated his birthday two days ago, all of us on WhatsApp group were informed, and we really made the birthday more attractive, our greetings and good wishes were all sent to him, Gifts in forms of money and airtime were also sent to him.
**Another person close to me was Oluwaseun**. Her mum was our class teacher at the final level. They lived in the school teacher's quarters. I could remember vividly, every break time, we would go to their house to drink water, but most time instead of her giving us only water, she would serve us some foods, sometimes it could be rice with fish, sometimes it could be bread, it depends on what they have at home. I like her, she was very generous, even till now her generosity is great, she copied it from her mom, nothing is hard for them to give out, they believe in the principle of giving to the needy. She is a similitude of her mom. I love and respect them forever. Recently i asked her how far she had gone about life, she told me got employment with one of manufacturer companies in Lagos Nigeria.
**Blessing was also a close friend at the elementary school**, but ever since we graduated we never saw, but thank God for the WhatsApp that brought us together again. This is her picture below
Few weeks back, she did her passing out parade (PoP) at the National youth service Corps, she posted the pictures there and we were all happy, and rejoice with her.
Some of my elementary school classmates that are now specialised in Robotics, artificial intelligence, and software science and engineering.
Through the WhatsApp reunion, I got to know that many of us are scattered across various works of life, some aren't done with their undergraduate (first Degrees), some are done with their Masters Degree, some flew abroad to study professional courses, while some are now into Business, they are Becoming great entrepreneur & business persons. I also heard some have gotten married and now with kids. You know that life is like "a Hand whose fingers are not all equal". Some have gone ahead in terms of achievements and greatness. Hmm! Though we were once in the same class, but the fact that each and everyone of us operates at different timing cannot be disputed. Most of us started together at the nursery section, but now life has shown its reality that we aren't all equal. No matter how life turns for any of us, we aren't ashamed of one another and we are always ready to lift and help one another. We just pray God bless us all, so that we can really assisting one another.
Candidly, having chatted my elementary school mates, it was really a sweet time we had had together, and we will continue to have. By December this year, we will have our physical reunion, you're highly invited.
**Thank you for reading, and for your usual comments and upvotes.**
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Character matters. (Short story)
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Michael was one of the supervisors in the company he worked, his office was at the headquarters, but had the right to move around the Branches to see how things go there. It was time to appoint the new manager for one of their branches, and he was the one to carry out the appointment and supervision. He only wanted himself and his driver for the supervision. So, he called his driver. These were their conversations:
**Michael**: Hello.
**Driver**: Good morning Sir.
**Michael**: Tomorrow, you and i will be going to the branch where I'm to appoint the new manager, and we'll be working there for 5 days. The most vital reason i call you is that: i want you to act as the supervisor, while i act as your driver and errand boy. Do you know why i'm doing this? The reason is this: i have been hearing some rumors about that branch, that some people lack good characters there, so, this time i want to disguise and see everything with my eyes, so that i can know who to appoint for the position, and who to fire if he/she deserves been fired.
**Driver**: (with full respect)...Sir, this is difficult for me to act, but i will act it... since it's your desire to get the best person for the position of the manager. I will do it .
**Michael**: Good! 👍
`Lest i forget, the driver's name was Jeff.`
On getting to the branch, they introduce themselves, Jeff (the driver) introduced himself as the supervisor, while Michael introduced himself as an errand boy/driver to the supervisor. They were welcomed.
The most qualified people for the position of the Manager were **Victoria** and **Gloria,** in terms of qualification.
**Here are the characters of both.**
**Victoria**, was a hardworking Lady, no one will dispute that fact. But she lacked good characters, she was very unmannered, discourteous, and disrespectful. She was an embodiment of pompousness. Pride wears her like cloth, and it was no longer a news to everyone in the branch that she was an epitome of bad characters, even were not unaware about these.
On the other hand, there was **Gloria** who was also very hardworking, she had always been a humble and kind lady, she was known for her humility, respectfulness, and her industriousness for the progress of the company. More to it, she was a lady who never had bad words to say. She didn't like looking down on people, she used to say it that: she doesn't know where she would be tomorrow, and who would help her, so, she treated everybody well, even the gatemen love her personality. She was carrying everybody along, performing good leadership.
The second day, Michael (who was act as the errand boy) was called by Victoria:
oh you the errand boy of my supervisor, get me bottled water from the cafeteria.
Michael didn't argue, he went and got the water for her, after drinking the water. Again she spoke to him rudely, by saying the following words:
you see, you're the errand boy of my supervisor, but that won't stop me from sending you errands whenever i wish, also know that i can use you as i want too, and any errand i send you, you must go, is that clear?
Yes Ma, he replied.
Other staff saw how she was talking to the person she never knew for many days, but weren't too flabbergasted, because it was becoming part of her. Non could correct her, because she was the most certificated amidst them.
Three days later, Victoria sent the guy to get him food, he got it correctly as he was ordered, but Victoria ended up arguing he bought wrong Food for her, by this she gave the guy three hot slaps on his face. It was as if thunder struck his face. *(Wai! Wai!!wai!!!...the sound of the slaps*) He felt them hard on his face, oh so painful.
It was at this time, the errand boy showed his real identity that he was the real supervisor from the headquarters, that Jeff (who they took as the supervisor) was his driver.
He spoke more,
You see, **Victoria**, i have studied you, though, you're hardworking, but you lacked good manners, and I can't put you in the position of the Manager, because it's a position that requires good manners as well as good leadership skills, we can't allow you to destroy this branch for us. We wouldn't need your service anymore in this company, you have to leave.
Victoria was sad, and pleaded to be given another chance, she promised to change her characters, she didn't want to miss that opportunity, but no more ways! She had already missed it.
Lest i forget, the driver's name was Jeff.
He turned to Gloria and said:
**Gloria**, congratulations! You're going to be the new Manager of this branch, your good characters brought you this position. There are entitlements attached to this position, part of them are robust salary, new official car, and many more.
**Final thought.**
Your character will always speak a lot about you. There an adage in my tribe that says: "Character is like a smoke you can't cover it", so, it's better you always have good characters, it's going to be always advantageous to you. Anywhere you find yourself, any work you are doing, always make sure you show good characters, and be good to all, always know people are watching you.
More so, don't be proud, but always put on humility. Remember the Bible say in Proverb 3:34 that God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Thanks for reading.
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Goals for "May".
1st of May, 2022.
Today has been a very interesting day to me, I really love the way it's going at my side. Trust it's going fine at your side too? So, this evening i was having some leisure times, I reminisced how April went on this beautiful platform, and i see it's important i appreciate you all for making it amazing for me, though i didn't earn much but it was nice to have read your **inspiring, Informative and educative Articles.** More so, I want to tell you my Goals for this new Month "May".
I joined read.cash last month, i.e April, i'm just three weeks old on this platform, and to be sincere, i have really learnt many things from the articles people were posting here. Candidly, they were standards and well composed writeup which would have cost lots of dollars if they were to be purchased. I appreciate my sponsors for staying with me all through the previous month. @Ellawrites , you've always been amazing, your article has always be benefiting me. Today, you wrote on "**it's May**, and i enjoyed it well. Thanks for all you have done.
@FarmGirl , your today's Writeup on "**plowing must go on"**, really attracted me, now I'm thinking of staking my **NFTs** with the farm, i.e, **stake.wonders.cash** . It was really nice to have read it. Thanks.
I want thank my Egbon, Sir@Olasquare , thanks for all you did in April. Your today's article titled "**Just Do What You Can**", was a eye opener that Human will always be Human, that, no matter how i helped, the day i don't have to help, some will say i have never done anything for them before. Thanks sir for your enlightening, exhilarating and scholastic Articles. You're really making impacts.
@Princessbusayo , i have always been blessed by your articles. OMG! Your today's article on "**Lion And Buffalo**" was great, it reminded me of the animal documentaries I had watched. Especially the one i watched recently where Lion wanted to take a young Buffalo for prey, but unfortunately the Lion succeeded. Thanks for everything.
@Bilqees your last article i read was titled "**Revenge Is Well Served Cold**". How i wished Vera's mother didn't die, more so, i still wanna see how the father and her step mum were served revenge since they caused her Mom's death. It was really a interesting story.
Thanks you Mr @TheRandomRewarder for all tips you gave me ever since i join the platform.
I want to appreciate everyone whose name i couldn't mention here, you're all kind to me. Thanks for your Love and Care.
**MY GOALS FOR "MAY**"
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**✓ To post Article everyday on read.cash.**
In this new month, May, i will make sure i post article everyday here. I have some articles on ground that i have not published, I've also topics I'm working on presently.
✓ To read at least twenty (20) Articles per day.
I know for sure that one of the qualifications to get upvotes from **Rusty** is be active here by interacting and engaging with others. In this month i'm gonna to do my best to always be active here by reading , commenting and upvoting Articles.
**✓ To earn a reasonable amount of BCH here.**
Today as i was reading other people's articles and engaging with them, many listed the earnings they made in April, @Princessbusayo made mention that she made over $100, that was really interesting and great. @FashTioluwa made mention he made over $70 that was quite beautiful too. Many people also mentioned the amount the made here. Brothers and sisters, i want to be like you oh😁. In this month i will try my best, so that at the end of the month, i can come up to testify to the reasonable amount i made via this platform.
**✓ To Sponsor as much as i can.**
I call this month, the **Month of sponsorship**. Though i cannot make promise of the number of people i will sponsor, but certainly I'm going to sponsor as much as my financial power and strength carries.
****Other goals i have outside read.cash .****
**✓ To go back to Forex class for more learning.**
I once learnt forex, but stopped half way. Why did i stop? I lost interest when i saw people losing their money. Though, that was then, now i have much understanding that life itself is a risk, and with the look of things, i can see that if i'm well trained in it. I'm gonna gain much, and will also help others grow. I have seen an expert here in my country who would teach me at a price, though the amount is much, but i will pay and learn it well. If i become good in it, i'm gonna discount mine so that people can benefit so much from me.
Thanks for reading.❤️❤️
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You cannot please Everybody.
Hello friends, happy weekend to you! I was unable to come online due to the faultiness of my writing Device (phone), sorry for missing your well composed Articles, don't worry i will read them. More so, there isn't electricity at my side since morning, the electricity distribution company haven't been faithful to their commission, so i had to leave home to a place where i could get my Device (phone) charged. As I was charging it, this Topic came to my mind, so, i began to type.
If you go about trying to please everyone, there's going to be endless struggles.
Quote from Sonny Bill Williams. https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/sonny-bill-williams-quotes
You cannot please everyone who comes your ways, yes you can't! Some people tried it but what they met at end was Waterloo. They wanted to meet everyone's expectations and demands, forgot that no matter how hard they try, all humans can't be pleased.
No matter the amount of efforts you put, you still can't make everyone pleased. If you try to do that you may end up struggling, and it might even lead to confusion.
There was a song my dad loves playing, it was sang by **Ebenezer Obey**, a musician in Yoruba land, the western part of my country, the song was in form of story to buttress how you can't please Everybody. It was about a man who wanted to please Everybody he met on his way as he was traveling with his Son via the Donkey they had.
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Story of a Man, his Son, and his Donkey.
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The Man had a son, and also had a Donkey he had been nurturing since when it was very small. Now the Donkey had grown up very well, the Father and his son wanted to use it for traveling purpose for the first time, they wanted to travel to another village. Having taken all they needed to take along, they climbed the Donkey and began their journey. As they moved a short distance, somebody came across them, and said:
" Father and son, both of you on one Donkey?!! ahhh!!!! Do you want to kill it?!!!!!" Don't you consider your weight? You're both merciless ooh!!!!! You couldn't even show a single mercy to this Donkey, instead you are both sitting on it.
Having heard such, the Father remained on the Donkey, and told his Son to come down, his son came down and began to follow him using leg, they've not gone very far, another human being encountered them again, and said to the father:
"Man! How can you be sitting on the Donkey and your child is trekking?! This is bad!!!! Your son deserves to sit on the Donkey, You need to change now".
The Father obeyed, came down and put his child on the Donkey, now his son was sitting on the Donkey while his father was trekking after him. They haven't moved too far, somebody meet them again, and said to him:
Man you're a fool, you're walking on leg and your child is on the Donkey. Don't you see that is foolishness?! A whole you "father"!!!
The father now said to himself that no *matter what it takes him that he would please every human he would meet on this journey".*
At this point, both the father and the son came down, and started legging the journey, they were going at the front, the Donkey was following them at the back without carrying anybody. As they moved a short distance again, they were met by another person, and said to them:
" what!!!! Father and son, you are trekking and your Donkey is going after you freely, without you climbing it?! And without carrying anything".
You need get on your Donkey now!
At this point, the father became confused, and didn't know what he would do again, he didn't want to displease any of people he had meet. But finally came to conclusions and said: **No matter what you do, no matter how you try, you can't please every human being**.
**Final thought**
No matter how you try, some people will still complain. So, don't try to please everyone. Do things that are good to your Life and right before the almighty God .
Thanks for reading. 💖💖
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Hello my family! I am very sorry i have not been here for for some days, due to the fact that my phone got spoilt , and i have not been able to login. I will soon be back, and i will read your articles and engage with you very well. Thanks for your understanding.
Your friend
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Appreciating our Mothers.
Dear Readers, happy Sunday to you. Hope you're doing fine? I want to thank you for always reading my article. God bless you richly. Today's article is written to show appreciation to our Mothers. Sincerely, we really need to appreciate them for the great works they have done. Candidly, they have been trying for us.
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Starting from the beginning, our mothers carried us in their wombs for Months, they felt our first Kick as we were in their wombs, sometimes we would kick them from the inside using our legs, hands, even our head "gbamm!! gbimm!!!!!" And they felt the pains in their bodies, but all they could do was to silently say "aaarsh!!!", they didn't kick us back.
They felt your first somersaults. They protected us while we were growing inside of them. While in the womb, when we needed the most vital things, **Foods, water, and other things,** it was our mothers that gave them to us through what they ate. They laboured in the hospital as they wanted to give birth to us.
Doctors and nurses would say to her: ……….push!!!!!!!! She would push for many times, some hours, some days, before we would finally come out as a baby. But if the pushing process in the labour room isn't successful, the surgeon will order her to the operating room/ surgery center for surgical operation (surgery). In the surgery centre, her Belly will be pierced with surgical blades to take us out, if finally we are out, they would stitch her Belly back, she would feel the pains of the wound for some days before it heals! *Oh my goodness!!!!* ***Our Mothers really tried.***
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**OUR MOTHERS ARE OUR FIRST TEACHERS**
It was our **mothers** that taught us how to eat for the first time, we suck their breast for the first time.
****What my Mother taught me:****
My Mother taught me and my younger ones to fear God, and do His Will.
Despite being a male child, in my early age, my mother raised me with the ability to cook foods. Whenever she's in the kitchen, she would want me to be there assisting her, and learning at the same time.
She taught me and my younger ones how to do house chores, how to make everywhere tidy up and look nice.
She taught us excellent manners, to be respectful people anywhere we find ourselves.
She taught us to care for others, she taught us to always give to the needy willingly as our capacity takes.
She taught us to honey humanity and stay humble.
She taught me many more, if I continue to list them, this article will not contain them.
OUR MOTHERS ENCOURAGE US
When Life hits us bad, and we look at the sky and it looks dark and uninteresting, we look at friends and families and they seems to let us down, trust me, our mother won't leave us, she will be there with us to encourage us, boost our morale, and hearten us.
**My experience to buttress my point.**
Years back, when i failed a very vital Examination, i became so downhearted, depressed and dispirited, I was at one corner in our house crying and thinking why i had failed such examination that was very important to my life. I never knew my mother had heard about my failure in the exam, instead of her to became angry, she came to me, hugged me, wiped away my tears using the sleeve of the cloth she wore, and gave me words of encouragement, she said i'm an intelligent person, that i could do better if i try more, she encouraged me to put more effort. Her words of encouragement strengthened me, they entered into me and watered my soul, it was like i just drank cold water from the heart of a rock covered with beautiful Roses. She gave me words of hope, and did everything for my wellness. My mum is a pillar to hold tight.
OUR MOTHERS COVER US
Our mothers cover us against anything that scares us.
For example, when i were kids, and we felt scared by something, most times we ran to them. Even now that we are adults, being around her is always interesting.
They've always shown us love, affection, attachment, devotion, tenderness, and attachment. Let us always appreciate our them.
**DISCLAIMER**: *This article is neither written against the Fathers, nor trying look down on the efforts of the Fathers in child raising. It's only written to appreciate and encourage the Mothers to do more of their kindness and love.*
**Thanks for reading, please comment, upvote, and subscribe.**
I will like seeing you next time in my article, and i in yours. ♥️♥️
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Don't live a fake Life on Social Media.
Beautiful day to you great writers and readers, trust all is fine at your side? I want to use this medium to appreciate my sponsors, readers, upvoters, everyone who comments on my post, and all my well wishers on this beautiful platform. I want to say "God bless you exceedingly".
Today, i will be writer on the topic, and it will be based on my experience.
First of all, what is social media?
**Social media** are interactive technologies and digital channels that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.
Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
It was not defined as a place to live a fake life. I use to wonder how someone would wake up one day, and the next thing he/she wants to do is to live a fake life on the social media. Sincerely, this is ersatz, factitious, and very bad, how i wish it can be checked and corrected soon, if possible.
This will lead me to this experience i had which i will like to share with you. It's about one of my senior colleagues back then in high school, who later started living a pretentious and cooked - up Life on the social media.
**Here is the story:**
One day, i was on the social media, Instagram precisely, i was there trying to check out some things, i then saw this senior colleague of mine, In his post, everything he wore and held were expensive, I then said to my friend who was sitting by my side, come and see Jude our senior colleague back then, he is now living big now, just look at his outfit, his dress, his shoe, look at his wrist watch.... Oh my goodness! These are really beautiful and they most be expensive...... I thank God for him oh, he has made it!!!!! His phone was the latest iPhone. Jude also posted it on his Instagram page that he would be traveling to Saudi Arabia that same week. We were like baba God, don't forget us too ooh!!!! Jude is now in riches, please God bless tremendously via our works too.
Some months later he posted it that he had bought a Hotel. I was like wow! Someone that attended the same high school with us got a hotel, very fast? Oh my goodness. This is really great, I was happy for him though.
This was how he said it in his post:
Hello viewers! This is the hotel i just built, it's a four storey building, and has 55 rooms inside, there is swimming pool there, the jacuzzis in it are really great, it has gym... Just name it!! I can call it a five star hotel. Opoor!!!!
He posted the full video of the hotel, and we were like "wow, Jude just own a hotel which worth millions of dollars?". Wow!!!! He was very lucky, we said. How did he make such big money? Our responses were "maybe it was his social media pages made him such amount!...Or, maybe he got such money via cryptocurrency and the likes....Or, maybe he was just so fortunate one way or the other".
After few days to that time, we heard he had been arrested, and taken to the police station. why was he arrested? The hotel he claimed he owned was not his, it was another person's hotel. In fact, Jude didn't even have any hotel. The real owner arrested him for claiming to be the owner of his property. Now, we don't know if his case will land him in jail.
We latter got to know that most things he posted on the social media were not even his own.
He was living a fake life and most things about him were fake, he claimed to be what he wasn't, he wanted to impress people, but later got arrested.
**Final thought:**
Always appreciate the life you have, never live a fake life.
Always remember that not everyone on social media are genuine. There are some who live different from who they are in the real life. Some people are faking things. Don't be carried away.
Not everything that glitters is Gold, some people who live ostentatious on social media are not real, don't let them fake you.
Be contented, and don't believe everything you see on the social media.
**Disclaimer:** *I'm not saying everyone who live big on social media is fake in real life, what i'm trying to say is that there are many fake people on social media who claim to be what they are not.*
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No Price no Success.
First of all, i will define what success mean: ***Success is the accomplishment of your goal. Success is the positive outcome of your vision after you've worked it out****.*
If you ask anybody in any part of the world that does he/she want success? Certainly the answer is gonna be "yes". This shows that everyone desires success in his/her life.
You can not copy and paste someone else success into your life, you can only learn from them, and then tight your belt and work harder so that you can achieve yours.
Many people wants to be like that successful Celebrities, like that successful Footballers, like that successful academicians, like that successful Businessmen/women, but they don't want leave their comfort zones and pursue success, they don't want to pass through the stresses those successful people passed through. Many people want to be successful, but don't want to pay the price for success. It doesn't work that way at all. No price No success!!!!
There is no shortcut to success, if you want be successful you will have to work for it. This will bring me to the story of a young lady i read last year:
she is a Nigerian, she had distinctions all through in her high school leaving examinations, and became the best in another national examination here in my country, she was 17 years old as at that time**.** I also read it that she won scholarship which worth millions of dollars to study in one of the best universities abroad. Her story really interested me, it made me to do more findings about her, and i got to know she has been paying the price by studying tactically and tenaciously, she read at the right time, and it brought her the grand successfulness she experienced.
I have also read the stories of the richest people in the world, i found out that they are people who are not lazy, they are dedicated, they gave their best to achieving success, and now they have it.
PRICES YOU HAVE TO PAY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
✓ Set realistic goals.
Goal setting is the first thing you need to do if you want achieve success, to it will your success be attached. Don't set goal that are not real, "just like somebody saying he will build a city in a day", even Rome was not built in a day. So, set realistic goals.
✓ Hard work.
Success depends on hard work too. Without it, you can’t become successful. When i'm saying hard work, in this sense, it does not mean that you have to start doing work laboriously that make you sweat unnecessarily and then result in sickness. No, that is not what i mean. Hard work in this sense means, commitment, determination, and working aptly without laziness so that your goals can be achieved.
✓ Focus.
As you are pursuing success in life, you may get distracted, but never stay in distractions. Stay focused. Focus on your dream, focus on the growth of what you are doing, focus on yourself. One day the world will focus on you.
✓ Have passion for what you are doing.
Passion is the willing Power for what you are doing, you need to be strong and passionate about it, else, you won't achieve success in it. People may laugh at you, people may doubt you, people may say words of discouragement, but never let it them kill your passion.
✓ Persevere and never quite.
Every work has stress, no matter the kind you are doing. As a student, there are many stresses that will be encountered. As an Apprentice under a boss, you gonna be stressed. As a career person, you feel like *"oh this work is too tedious"*. As a business person, you will feel like *"this business is not working out the way i expected".* Don't quite, keep persevering, always have it in mind that you have success to achieve, and very soon it will be accomplished. Always know that there is no shortcut to success.
✓ Be patient.
Patience is another price you have to pay, you may not be seeing the results now, but be patient, keep doing it, result will surely come, and at last you will be successful.
✓ Prayer.
It's necessary you pray too, it opens more ways so that can achieve your goals. Almighty God commanded to pray in all we do.
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Treat people in the good way.
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The topic of today will be based on my experience. Early today i reminisced the experience i had when i was working as a part time cleaner at Mrs Williams house, back then in Lagos Nigeria. And this will be making me to write on the pertinent topic that we all have to treat people well, in the good way, irrespective of their status, and the kind job they do.
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As a young guy who needed money, i chose to work with the few time i had after my high school, before proceeding to higher institution, so, i began as a cleaner in Mrs Williams house, the daughter of this woman was always frustrating the me, i never did anything right in her eyes, one day i had cleaned all i needed to clean, washed all washable, all the necessary house chores had been done by me and it was time to go back home, but (Victoria) the child of this woman said she would never let me go unless i start again. **Though she was older than me, and i gave her that respect**. I humbly said:
"Ma, i have done all the necessary chores, and there is nothing left to be done."
Instead of her to listen to me, he was infuriated and replied by shouting: ***"what rubbish are you saying!!!!!! Now, let me tell you, this whole house, my room must be cleaned more than twice before you can go!!!!***
She ordered me to start cleaning everywhere again! To let peace reign, i started again, as i was doing this, fortunately for me, her mother came in, and said: ***"My boy, i thought you are done cleaning all these places, why are you repeating the work?"***
Then i replied:
yes Ma, i'm done cleaning, but your daughter, Miss Victoria ordered me to start all over again, that i must clean everywhere more than twice before she could be satisfied."
The Mom said "Hmm", then replied: ***you don't have to stress yourself unnecessary, you've cleaned everywhere well enough, and i'm satisfied, you can go.***
Before i left, i heard Victoria saying to her Mom "where is that useless boy", her Mom quickly corrected her by saying "common, you shouldn't have called him such name, he is our house cleaner, not a slave, and he has done well, i'm absolutely satisfied with the works he had done". Her Mom told her she should learn to be nice to people.
**Victoria's Mother disguised to make her daughter learn lesson.**
One day, Victoria' Mom disguised and wanted her daughter to learn lesson from life, so she had to sit lonely in the living room, camouflaged and displayed soberness, it was written all over her face that she was totally unexcited. Victoria came in and saw her mother in such a dispirited mood, this made her to quickly ask "Mom!!!! Why are you unhappy and cheerless?" She had never seen her Mom in such frame of mind. Then slowly her Mom replied: ***"we are losing all we have, we are loosing everything, oh all we had laboured for all these while is going just like that, our properties, the cars, and everything is going away. I never knew your dad owed such debt before his death, but now we are in troubles."***
Out of curiosity, Victoria said to her Mom "what can we do now to avoid losing our properties?" Her Mom then replied " you need to get a job so that we can be paying the mortgage on the Properties, we need to be paying some thousands of dollars every Month". So, where would i get job now, and what kind of job would i get now that there is high rate of unemployment in the country? Then her Mom replied " i have a job for you and i will like you to do it if you want me to be happy. So, what kind of Job is that? Victoria asked! Her mum replied....."**A cleaning Job"**. Then Victoria said.....*"What?!! Ooohh no no no, i can't do this kind of job at all, in my l, i can't, oh my Goodness!!!!!****"*** But after saying all these, she still had no choice, she wanted to make his mum happy, so she had to obey, and accepted the job offer.
**Victoria started a cleaning job, just like i'm doing in their house.**
She started the cleaning job in another person's house, she was to wash the dishes and other kitchen utensils, then clean up the kitchen and the backyard, these were her first assignment, before cleaning the floor, so she began, she did these works laboriously
for that day, and on getting home she became tired, and report to her Mom that cleaning job wasn't easy at all, that she had felt what other cleaners fell.
Her Mom then said to her that she intentionally made her worked as a cleaner so that she could fell what other cleaners feel, and to learn to treat them right with nice attitude. **Victoria had leant her lessons, since that day, she started treating me nicely and goodly, she didn't shout at me again. We became very friends till today, even when i was leaving cleaning job for the University, she bought me gifts and gave me some cash.**
Conclusion.
In life, it's very important we treat people the way we want to be treated. No matter the child of who you are, you should always treat people right. Do youu have cleaners who work in you house? Do you have cleaners in your office? Never treat them bad!!!!!! These people are really working energetically to make your surroundings clean, they are doing their best to make sure you live in an healthy environment. So, treat them right!
Even if you do not people who work for you as cleaners, please still treat everyone who comes your way right, treat them in a nice way. You never can tell were you will need their help tomorrow.
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Date:20th April, 2022.
Practicing Genuine Love.
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Today i will be writing on "practicing Genuine Love".
First of all, what is Genuine Love? It means "showing interest in the wellbeing, comfort, development and happiness of other people, without faking it". It's expected of each and everyone of us to love without dissimulation, deception, or insincerity.
It very unfortunate that in our today world, some people claimed to love others but in hypocritical ways. You see this kind of people, when you need their help, and you approach them for assistance, instead of them helping you, they keep lying to you. Look at this.....
"***Some months ago, a young student who was fatherless and motherless approached his uncle that he should help him with part of his school fees, the uncle kept lying to him that he has not collected salary that he should wait till he collects, meanwhile he had collected salary and had plenty money at home, And the uncle was someone who would always tell them "I love you genuinely"***
He was in the position to help but he didn't. He had fake love for them and not genuine love.
Can love be practised genuinely? Yes is the answer. First thing you need to know is that **you don't have to love just by the word of mouth, but practise love indeed and in truth.**
You need to see your neighbors as yourself, you need to put yourself in their shoes, and see how you would practise your real love towards them. Some of the way you can practice genuine love to people are these:
1. Give to others, willingly and and not forcefully.
One of the best way to show genuine love to people is by giving to them, and when you do this, it must be from your heart.
Now that we said by giving to others, what can you give to others? Here they are;
You can give food to the needy as means of showing love to them.
There is a saying that goes thus: A hungry person is an angry person. So, you can show love to such person by giving food to him/ her.
No food is too small to be given out. Do you have food at home? Are they rice, beans, bread, yam, millet, corn, or any foods, just name it! You can give out part of them to the needy out there, as a means of showing your love for him/her. It will be appreciated.
Never be like this woman.... *she was cooking in her kitchen, and immediately she heard a knock on her door, and it was her neighbor, she quickly put off her gas cylinder, and hide the rice and stew she almost finished cooking, she didn't want to give her food to eat. Meanwhile, the neighbor only brought to her the clothes she helped her pack as rain was about to fall.*
*What is food that she was hiding from someone. So, don't be like her.*
You can give your money to someone who lack funds.
You can give your time to who needs attention.
You talents in improving other people.
2. Connect others to legit sources where they can get money.
There are people outside there who are have good writing skills, but don't know about platforms where they earn using their writing proficiency , they are around you, tell them about the opportunities on **read.cash**, and other earning platform, this is also a means to show you love them and you are concerned about their Finances.
3. Help others achieve their goals.
Are you a student in the University or other tertiary institution? Are you in academic line? You are very brilliant everybody knows you, and there other students in your class whose goal is to be a graduate, but are struggling academically, why can't you start teaching them when you are free? Take them tutorials, use your brilliancy and intelligence to help them so that they can pass their courses and achieve their vision of becoming a graduate. Start doing it!!!
Are you a business person? Don't push away those young guys and girls who have the goal of becoming business persons like you, be a mentor to them, this is also a way to show genuine love.
***Let Genuine Love lead 💖💓***
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DATE: 17th of April, 2022.
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3 Life Lessons i learnt on GOOD FRIDAY.
Very early today i had woken up, and prepared to attend service in our church because **today is Good Friday**. So, i got dressed, picked up my Bible and writing stationeries. I wouldn't like to be late, so i had to use a fast taxi. I got to the church and **learnt some Life lessons .** I will share them with you here ....you know there is joy in sharing. So come with me.
Not too long, the service commenced, and the choir began to sing, oh my goodness!!! Come and see songs sang classically with sonorous tones by our amazing choristers!!!!!!!! oh! To the deepest heart of mine, i was enjoying the beautiful renditions by them. The pianist and other instrumentalists were just puffing up my head by sweet tone and keys they were putting into the songs. Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!! Beautiful!!!!! All of us (the congregation) were shouting . After this, we had the first serious of prayers, and the pastor mump the pulpit, and began to preach, and from his preaching, i learnt these Life lessons, i will to share it with you.
First of all, let's know the meaning of Good Friday.
There's no bad Friday, but the word "Good Friday" is used to represent the day set aside by the Christians for the remembrance of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the Christian calendar. It's a day for the commemoration of the griefs, pains and agony he passed through, and finally nailed to the cross, and he died. Ooohhh!!!! Just imagine who never sinned but died for our sins (He died for the wrong we did). You can see it's a big love God has shown to us.
The Life Lessons:
1. **Pursue your purpose and dreams.** *(Jesus pursued his own).*
For us to be saved, we needed a saviour who would die for our sins, since "**without the shedding of blood no remission of sin**". Jesus Christ knew this was his purpose, that is to say, to die for the sins of men, he was not feared by the pains, tutors, and sufferings he would experience. Even at the Gethsemane as he saw how horrible his death would be, he didn't make conclusion that he was no long going to die, instead pursued and achieved it.
Know your purpose/ dream, make sure you pursue it with everything you have, just know that there is no short cut to dream actualisation. You can't have the glory if you can't undergo the stresses and sacrifice. The road that lead to success is always rough, and it's not tarred at all. Just know you can't have a smooth drive as you wanna journey into success. So, pursue it regardless of challenges.
2. ****You may not get help from people when you need them most.**** ***(Jesus carried his cross with little/no help from others.)***
In life, if you want to achieve your vision, don't be totally dependent on people, that you will get help from people, that can disappoint you at one point or the other. We could see that as Jesus was asked to carry his cross to the place where he would be nailed, he carried it and was going with it, though he got tired at some points, yet was still carrying it, the crowd were looking at him but didn't help. It was only Simeon of Cyrene that pitied him, and helped him.
3. ****Your best friend can deny you.**** ***(Peter who was the closest disciple of Jesus denied him. )***
Peter was very close to Jesus, but when Jesus was arrested, he denied him by saying he didn't knew him, he said he never say him before. You can see this in Matthew 26:33–35.
An adage says "**not all close friends are real friends, and it's only in hard times you will know real friends**". Many Friends are in your life today because of what they will gain from you. Many of them just want to milk you, it is not that they are ready to help you when your perilous time comes.
***Come and hear my own story.....***..
Sometimes back in my higher institution, it was the period of our examinations, i had problem with my accommodation, as in, i could not pay my house bills, so that forced me pack out of the house, then i went to a friend in my church, i pleaded and told him to allow me stay with him just for two weeks of our examinations, but stylishly denied me, through out the period of the exam he was hiding himself from me, i called him severally he wasn't picking my calls. You can see he denied me in my hard time.
That's life, people you call your close friends can deny you, when you have some challenges.
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Date: 15th April, 2022.
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Parental Advice. (What i was told).
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Our parents are extraordinary and especial creatures, in fact, i could call them gifts given unto us by God almighty, to take care of us, to look after us, and to guide us through life so that we wouldn't make irreparable mistakes that could demote and cause us lifetime regrets and cries. Our parents' mouths are salted with grace, no wonder Words from them aren't ordinary but exceptional and amazing. I will like to tell you what my parents told me that got me write this article.
I was a guy who had finished high school for a few years, always seeking admission into the University, had applied severally but just didn't get my desire. Hmm! So i never gave up, i applied and wrote the exam again, this time i was offered the admission to study my desired course. Ohhh! Come and see the gladness in me as i saw the admission notification from Jamb, it was written boldly **"YOU HAVE BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION....".**
With the cheerful spirit in me, moved home and got my parents informed about this, on receiving this goodness, ohhh! They were so much joyous and gleeful, Mom even danced and sang song in our dialect
.**..emi lao ni yosi (×2 ) bi ase fekori bena lori, emi lao ni yosi**🎶🎵. Mum was singing the treble, while Dad sang the Bass. It was fun all through.
They have always been good personalities who could be well emulated, in fact people use to see them as an example of purposefulness and tenacity, they are people of numerous fine characters. Their love for God and human beings was noteworthy, and they have always been teaching us the ways of God.
**When i was to resume.**
When the time for resumption came, i was to go to school for registrations and lectures, my dad and mum called me to the living room, and told words that penetrated deep into my ears. They said and i quote "**Never forget the child of whom you are when you get to the university**", this Statement was repeated three times. **Their words suck into my entire body system.** What did my parents mean by the word, they meant when i reach the university, i should remember where i came from, their struggles over me and younger ones, to give us better life,and make a somebody relevant in the society. Sincerely, they're struggling to make us important persons. Kudos to them!!!!!
**When i got to the university.**
There in the University, i started lectures just like every other students. After some times i began to see the flamboyant and ostentatious lifestyle some students were living, but i was never got intimidated by it. It reached a point, a student even stylishly introduced a **crime based money earn means** to me, inside me i knew it was a crime, which my parents taught us to run from, so I never gave him feed back, talk less of joining, because i did remembered the word of my parents "**remember the child of whom you are**", this kept ringing in my heart and head, i knew my parents were good people, and really want to make them proud of me. I'm at the Final stage of the university now, and i know very God will bless me to take care of my parents.
CONCLUSION
Never forget what your parents told you, don't run inordinately after money and get involved in crime, hold on, exercise patience, spread forth the good deeds and lifestyle of your parents, let it be written all over you, and let people boldly say, **this is a good person from a good home.**
Let your parents say "**you made us proud."**
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13th of April, 2022.
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